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History
There are two bands named "Crisálida":
1. Crisálida was formed towards the end of 1997 rooted in the interest of Rodrigo Sanchez (Drummer from the power metal band Total Mosh (www.totalmosh.com) of putting together a project in which he could explore a more artistical and technical approach to music, rather than the crude brutal sound of metal he used to play those days. Along with his girlfriend (at the time, and wife in the present day) Cinthia Santibañez as a vocalist, they started searching for the right people for the project, finding the local virtuosos Cristian Carrillo (guitars), Manuel Soto (keybords) and Rodrigo Castro in fretless bass guitar. Together they started jamming, playing their favorite bands and composing their own material (very influenced by Rush, Dream Theater and Megadeth). On 1998, and after playing playing live several times at small local clubs, they recorded their first demo “Fencer” with very good critics, which moves them into the logical next step of recording in a more professional studio enviroment a 3 songs EP called “Contacto”, under the supervision of Carlos Cabezas in “Constantinopla” Studios. 2 singles went out directly to radios “Futuro”, “Concierto” and “Tiempo”, that gave pretty decent air time to a non sponsored nor label signed band earning for Crisalida excellent credits into the local chilean scene, which valued the original edge of the band with the line up of a typical progressive metal quintet, but with a woman in front (something very atypical and odd at the time, keeping in mind that this is way before Evanescence came as a mainstream, label sponsored, world famous band). Afterwards in 1999, the band went back into the studio (Akoustic) for their next record called “Ameba”, that earned them more credits into the local scene with more air time on radio and bigger venues to play.
